RESIDENTS will have the chance to air their views on Redditch during a series of summer events.

Redditch Council is seeking opinions on priorities for neighbourhood group areas while people can also enjoy whatever activities are on offer.

They will take place on each Saturday in July and the first Saturday in August and there will be activities such as beauty makeovers, music, bouncy castle and face painting as well as refreshments.

The events are being staged before the council produces a community strategy outlining how it will work with partners to improve the social, economic and environmental wellbeing of the town in the short, medium and long term.

The council has produced community plans before but recent legislation required the document to be produced based on views of the local community.

Neighbourhood groups are being notified of when their summer event is taking place at the current round of meetings.